Window shade and curtain support.



IVI. I. BRUNNER. WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I]. I9I6.

Patented Feb. 20, I917.

LQIUHYTI MATTHEW J'. BRENNER,

WINDOW S HADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFeb. so, 191%.

hpplicationfiled march 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'MATTHEW J. BRUN- NEH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window Shade and Curtain Supports, of which-the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to the class of window-fixtures which combine supports for a shade-roller and a curtain-pole.

Its object is the provision of a supplemental pole of neat simple construction which is adapted to support a rufile or lambrequin' independently of the usual curtain, and which may be removed, if it should be desired to use the curtain-pole alone. I

In the accompanying drawingsi Figure .1 is a perspective view of the combined shade, curtain and ruffle support applied to a window-frame. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig.3 is a fragmentary cross section through the clamping screw of one of the shade-roller brackets. Fig- 4 is a perspective view of one of. the.

shade-roller brackets. Fig. is an enlarged transverse section of one of the slotted base plates in a plane on the outer side of the ad' jacent shade-roller bracket.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several VIEWS.

1 and 2 indicate the shade-roller brackets which are carried by horizontal base-plates 3 screwed or otherwise-secured to the face of the window-frame near opposite sides thereof. These brackets are adjustable toward and from each other to accommodate shaderollers of different lengths, and for this purpose the base-plates 3 are provided with longitudinal slots at which receive necks or reduced portions 5 of the brackets. The neck of each shade-bracket is formed by a pair of notches 6 which receive the edges of "the slot in the corresponding base-plate.

These notches hold the brackets firmly against inward and outward displacement on the base-plates. Each bracket is provided at its inner end with a laterally or inwardlywhich is clamped against it by aclampingscrew 8 engaglng a threaded opening in said flange and having a washer or shoulder 9 which bears against the face of the plate. As shown, the slotted portion of each baseplate is raised to leave a space between it and the face of the window-frame to receive the flange 7 and the inner. end of the clamp ing. screw. Upon loosening said clamping screws, the shade-roller brackets can be adjusted towardor from each other, as required. r V

The brackets are applied to the baseplates by turning the brackets to bring their flanges-7 at right angles to the base-plates, passing said flanges through the slots of the plates and then returning the brackets totheir normal position and engaging the clamping screws with the flanges.

The pole which supports the usual curtain 10 is of approximately U-shaped form and preferably composed of telescopic sections which permit it to be lengthened or shortened to suit window-frames of difl'erent widths and also adjusted toward and from the face of the window-frame to hang the curtain at a greater or less distance therefrom,as desired. Tn the construction shown in the drawings, the curtain-pole comprises tubular side-arms 11 which fit over horizontal bracket-rods 12 projecting forwardly from base-plates 13 to which therods are rigidly secured and. which in turn are fastened to the window-frame by screws or other means. The arms-11 0f the pole are provided at their outer ends with inward extensions 14: arranged parallel with the face of the window-frame and connected by a telescopic tube 15 fitting over said extensions and forming the body of the pole. Set screws 16 may be employed to clamp said side arms in position on the bracket-rods. Tn attaching the pole to the window-frame, its face-plates 18 are placed at the desired distance apart, the telescopic joints formed by the tube 15 and the arm-extensions 14:

- permitting the pole to be lengthened or shortened, as before stated.

In connection with the main curtain-pole,

va similar supplemental pole may be em- .ployed to support a lambrequin, ruffle or similar .drapery 17 over the upper portion of thecurtain, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This supplemental pole may he of any suitable construction, but preferably comprises side arms or tubes 18 provided at their outer ends with inward extensions 19 t'eleseoped into a connecting tube 20. These side tubes are adjustably'fitted upon horizontal bracket rods 21 to which they may be adjustably clamped by set screws 22. These supplemental bracket-rods are provided at members of the lambrequin extend beyond or overhang the corresponding members of the main pole, and said side members extend beyond the front portion of the curtain-pole 15, .by which construction the lambrequin overhangs the curtain both at its front and sides.

As the lambrequin-pole is carried by the brackets of the curtain-pole, no separate supports for the former are required, thus simplifying the fixture, reducing its cost, and permitting the use of narrow and neat base plates. This construction enables the main or lower pole to be used with or without the lambrequin pole and yet presents a sightly appearance in either form of the device.

I claim as my invention: I The combination of base-plates adapted to be fastened to a window-frame, bracketrods extending forwardly from said plates,

each of said rods having-a portion. adjacent to the base-plate provided with a vertical perforation, a curtain-pole having side-arms mounted on said bracket-rods, and a lambrequin-pole arranged above and extending beyond said curtainpole, said lambrequin-pole having side arms provided with vertical members which engage the perforations of said bracket-rods.

MATTHEW J. BRUNNER. 

